锰矿 měngkuàng manganese ore Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 锰 měng manganese Simplified Components 钅 钅 Meaning component jīn metal metal 孟 孟 Sound component mèng first in series Sources Readings & variants Unicode 矿 kuàng mine Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礦. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 广 广 Sound component guǎng roof Sources Readings & variants Unicode 錳 manganese Traditional Components 釒 釒 Meaning component jīn metal metal 孟 孟 Sound component mèng first in series Sources Readings & variants Unicode 礦 kuàng mine Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 廣 represents the sound. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 廣 廣 Sound component guǎng wide Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkʷraːŋʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang